Integrating post-abortion family planning services into China's existing abortion services in hospital settings

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Post-abortion contraception (or post-abortion family planning) services; Pregnancy and Childbirth

• Registration Number: ISRCTN01846583
• Lead Sponsor: European Commission Seventh Framework (EC FP7) (Belgium)

Brief Summary

2021 protocol in http://icrh.org/sites/default/files/Effects-of-post-abortion-family-planning-services-on-contraceptive-practices-in-China-Protocol-for-a-clustered-randomized-controlled-trial-MedPress-2-106.pdf (added 10/05/2021) 2017 results presented at the Lancet-CAMS Health Summit in https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33167-7 (added 10/05/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-10-23
• Study Completion: 2016-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 24 May 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 17235

Inclusion Criteria

Hospital inclusion criteria was identified according to the situation analysis findings and China?s current hospital settings:
1. Agreement with the randomized allocation
2. Average number of abortions per month between 200 to 800
3. Willing and able to carry out the intervention packages proposed by the study
4. Availability to collect data at three time-points
5. Consent given for involvement within an appropriate environment

Women will be eligible to be interviewed and followed-up if they seek abortion at participating hospitals and meet the following inclusion criteria (all women visiting the participating hospitals will receive normal services regardless of their participation conditions):
1. Unintended pregnancies seeking induced abortion
2. Gestation age less than 12 weeks
3. Aged 18 to 40 years
4. Sexually active women of childbearing potential and not planning to become pregnant during the study
5. No physical and mental problem that may affect subject enrolment or follow-up
6. Willing to give informed consent in writing
7. Willing and able to response the scheduled surveys and to comply with the study procedures

Exclusion Criteria

Hospitals do not meet the above inclusion criteria will not be considered eligible to this study.
Exclusion criteria for women:
1. Intention to become pregnant during the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Unintended pregnancies including clinical or self-reported at the time of follow-up interviews<br> 2. Repeat induced abortions and ongoing pregnancies that women did not want to give birth to a baby among all follow-up women during the follow-up period<br> 3. Use of modern contraceptive methods including OCP, IUDs, implants, male/female condoms, others barrier methods (such as diaphragms, the cervical cap and spermicides), emergency contraception, sterilization (male/female) during follow-up period<br><br> Measured using both quantitative and qualitative methods.<br>